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- 01 Jan 2003
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Greylock
companies and nurtured numerous leading-edge products in a wide range of areas, including information technology, health care, telecommunications, and software. In achieving all that, it has also set the standard for integrity in every...
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- 29 Apr 2016
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The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
it. My preferred artistic medium is music—I played the piano and violin and sang competitively from age five through high school. I don’t have as much time for it anymore, but, growing up, it helped me to relax, to engage with and develop...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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Blissful Thinking
story about a woman who told me how miserable she was in her life. I said, “Why don’t you change?” And she said, “Because I would rather be successful than happy.” I know people suffering from alcohol-use disorder who would say, “I would View Details
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- 01 Sep 2014
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Case Study: Declawing the Competition
recurring product and service preference feedback, consider vertically integrating those items that are most desired, allowing you to fine-tune and evolve the product, [as well as] developing a cost advantage for part of your kit over...
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- 10 Mar 2021
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Next Normal
Neeley, the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, leverages years of research to help companies, and their leaders, address the challenges of virtual work. With well over half of Americans indicating a preference for...
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- 01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care
athenahealth "Patients' health information is either on paper and isolated or electronic and isolated," Bush tells the assembled crowd, his voice rising. That this little thing remains so difficult in the Internet age, often because many...
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- 01 Sep 2016
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The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
McKinsey. Although the company provided a car and driver, Makarim, who had lived in Indonesia as a child, preferred to use the ubiquitous motorcycle taxis. Known as “ojek,” the two-wheelers were informally...
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- 22 Feb 2019
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Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
programming partnerships. As a result, Telemundo has become one of the top networks in social engagement in the industry. “Conde talked about the challenges of understanding the changing preferences of young American-born Latinos,” says...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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Rowing Upstream
marketing person. But sometimes, as in business, crew coaches find it’s preferable to pick someone whose greatest strength is contributing to the all-important ‘chemistry’ that helps teams win.” Chemistry seems to be the difference...
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- 01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters
you with a stinging rebuke. When informed that his demand for a 30 percent annual return was unrealistic, despite assurances to the contrary from his bank’s investment adviser, the retiree groused: “If you guys from Harvard Business...
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- 01 Sep 2018
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Case Study: A Good Fit
vendor agreement with a compelling business model, I suspect the superior path is the new opportunity. —J.W. Penland (MBA 1996) Definitely branch out beyond wellness, which is full of hype and competitors. Preferably go with a few apps...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2015
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Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
members of the Fed pay attention to media speculation? How do they deal with a situation where the speculation is going in the wrong direction and will likely result in a “surprise” to the markets when announced? Would they prefer to...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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Around the World
conversations in all the case discussions enriched by student immersion experiences, and what you get is much more depth in how students engage and learn from each other.” Over the long haul, Oberholzer-Gee expects students will remember several key lessons. First,...
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- 01 Mar 2010
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Lords of Strategy
had done. Instead, what Gluck did was take the world’s most prestigious and self-confident consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, and revolutionize it. Gluck joined The Firm (McKinsey preferred upper-case designation for itself) in 1967...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices
matter as well? What kind of corporate citizen you are, what kind of employer you are, whether you are a steward of and not a destroyer of the environment, and of your communities? Don’t people prefer to work for and do business with a...
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Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money
say, ‘I’m not allowed to bribe.’ Others prefer ambiguous instructions so they can do what they have to do to get the business and keep up with the competition.” But managing in such a culture where signals are mixed can be a tricky...
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- 01 Mar 2013
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Sea of Dreams
little vessel is indelible. And today, almost half a century later, it has become perfectly obvious that this is a thrill that will never grow old. While I've long preferred sail over power, my tastes have become somewhat ecumenical over...
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- 22 Nov 2017
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How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
find, kind of a new group, and my vote and my preference and my inclination is that this group, given how talented and smart and hardworking they are, most of them will make the journey. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations...
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- 01 Jun 2011
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The House that Howard Built
about entrepreneurship as an opportunity. As young faculty colleagues, he and Stevenson had become friends. “Howard was a curious, interesting, independent kind of guy,” says McArthur. “He preferred to pursue what interested him,...
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- 01 Feb 1997
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Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
conversation. What are the major market forces that are transforming the health-care system? First and foremost, it's consumers. They have already revolutionized the retailing and information industries because they are so busy working...
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